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A1 CLOSE TO HOME A Tale Of Two Summers THURSDAY, AUG. 5, 2021 Page 15 Cyan Magenta Yellow Yellow Black Big Turnout. North Haverhill Fair Sets Attendance Records. Page 4 A2 2 The Record Thursday, August 5, 2021 News Briefs Haverhill School Board Cooperative School District will open the school partment of Transportation emergency order cinated (and eligible) students bringing the del- year on Aug. 30 without a mask mandate. already requires masks on school buses, and ta variant to school with unvaccinated students Stands By No Mask However, if COVID case numbers rise dra- indoor transmission rates remain high. bringing measles to school. Decision matically, the school board could be forced to “I don’t think we should take a risk,” he said. “I agree that the parents know what’s best for revisit its decision as soon as its next meeting Regardless of the criteria, School Board their children. But when their decisions impact HAVERHILL — The Haverhill Cooperative on Sept. 13. Chairman Richard Guy (who abstained from the others at school, it’s a different story,” he School Board on Monday stuck by its decision The highly contagious delta variant, which Monday’s vote) said the Haverhill Cooperative said. to open the 2021-2022 school year without a the Centers for Disease Control has called “as School District needed to have a plan in place. The district will conduct a parent survey be- mask mandate. contagious as chickenpox,” has already been de- He called for a plan with clear guidelines on fore deciding if and when to hold a vaccination By a 3-1 vote, they rejected a proposal by tected in the Upper Valley, noted SAU 23 Super- when mask use would be triggered. clinic. School Board member Don LoCascio to bring intendent Laurie Melanson. He said it was important for the school district back the mask mandate for all students until “The Delta variant is here in New Hamp- to be proactive and get ahead of the issue. While Intersection Safety those under 12 are vaccinated. It reaffirmed their shire,” she said. “I had a colleague today who COVID numbers remain low in the region, Guy vote against a mask mandate in June. is fully vaccinated who tested positive, he and said the Delta variant was “considerably uglier” Concerns Prompt Face LoCascio unsuccessfully argued that a mask his wife, and they work in the district. So it’s not than prior strains and was a growing concern Response By State mandate would protect Woodsville Elementary that far away.” across the country. School students who are too young to receive New Hampshire school districts have local “Unless you’re living under a rock, you see For years, concerns have been voiced by the COVID-19 vaccine, which is only available control over mask mandates, and CDC recom- it’s changing nationwide. And we need to be Franconia residents and town officials about the in the United States to people 12 and older. He mendations for universal indoor masking in prepared,” he said, adding, “If we take this issue safety of the intersection in the village at Main called it a small price to pay for student (and K-12 schools is optional. too likely and we have just one child get critical- Street/Route 18, Church Street/Route 116, and community) safety. As a result, individual school districts must ly ill, that’s on us.” Wallace Hill Road. “[A mask requirement poses] no inconve- formulate their own mask protocols. That opens School Committee members, Nate Swain The most recent batch of concerns, in mid- nience to the parents, they can still send their the door for debate. and Sabrina Brown were absent. According to June, however, prompted a site visit and a plan kids to school, and we avoid a little bit more the School Board member Alexandra Keeler Melanson, both supported a mask mandate in that calls for installing four-way stop signs, possibility of something terrible happening,” he called for the school district to take a measured classrooms until students under 12 were vacci- larger signs for those coming from Easton, stop said. response to COVID data — and consider hospi- nated. However, they were not present to vote. signs with LED lighting, and painted medians, talizations and deaths over total case numbers VACCINATION CLINIC: Plans to host in- Cyan The majority of school board members in at- all expected to be completed before the end of tendance disagreed. They said a mask mandate — when deciding whether to resume COVID school vaccination clinics were met with push- the year. was unnecessary at this time, given the circum- precautions such as mask mandates. back. “We were very happy with the meeting and Magenta stances. Grafton County has a moderate trans- “All I’m hearing about in the news right now School Committee Vice-Chair John Ruther- glad to see some quick action,” Franconia Town mission rate and 46 active cases, with less than is cases alone. And I feel it’s very misleading to ford worried that in-school vaccination clinics Administrator Kim Cowles said Tuesday. five active cases in Haverhill. a lot of people,” she said. would stigmatize unvaccinated students, and On July 16, Cowles, Franconia Police Chief Monday’s vote guarantees that the Haverhill Meanwhile, LoCascio favored a better-safe- open them up to ridicule and harassment. He Martin Cashin, Franconia Fire Chief Rick Yellow Yellow than-sorry approach. He noted that a U.S. De- suggested students could easily access the wide- Gaudette, and Franconia Selectman Eric Meth ly available vaccine elsewhere. met with New Hampshire Department of Trans- “We want to be really careful about isolating portation District 1 Engineer Phil Beaulieu and the kids whose parents choose for them not to Black several DOT traffic and safety engineers, and get the vaccine, and using peer pressure to try Katie Lamb, transportation planner with the to get them vaccinated,” he said, adding, “The North Country Council. vaccine is still an emergency use only vaccine.” At one point, Keeler said vaccinations were a See News Briefs, Page 6 personal choice. “As a parent and as a school board member I feel that it’s very important to allow parents to Fair goers enjoy a thrill on a midway ride at make decisions for their own children,” she said. the North Haverhill Fair, in Haverhill, N.H., LoCascio disagreed. He said vaccinations on Saturday, July 31, 2021. 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